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in the california shooting. this was the scene a short time ago, as the city of san bernardino held a vigil for the fourteen people killed in wednesday's mass shooting. and right now investigators searching for answers still at the shooter's rental home there. >> adam: what prompted this couple to go on a killing spree? we know the husband syed farook used social media to connect with extremist who's were monitored by the fbi. >> kim: they walked into a holiday party in san bernardino and started to fire with automatic weapons. they also according to investigators left behind three remote control pipe bombs that never went off. >> adam: we've nightteam coverage, including the incdible story of the first officer who arrived at the scene. and let's begin with tim caputo with the latest on the investigation. >> reporter: police say it is clear this was not a heat of the moment attack. this couple stockpiled weapons

bombs and military grade explosives. a candlelight vigil for a grieving community still searching for answers a day after fourteen people were murdered during a work holiday party. officials believe syed farook a passengers to have been radicallized and was this touch with others in the l.a. area who expressed jihadist views. this took weeks and months to plan and investigators are trying to determine why he targeted co-workers. so we don't know if this is workplace rage or something larger. >> reporter: police learned husband and wife team of syed farook and tashfeen malik prepared for more bloodshed. >> they could have continued to another attack. we intercepted them before that happened. >> reporter: on their bodies and in the suv 1600 rounds of ammunition and at their home police found another several thousands rounds of ammo and twelve pipe bombs and over

syed farook worked as a restaurant inspector and left the health department's christmas party on wednesday and came back with wife and fired shots in to the crowd. patrick was at the party but in the bathroom when it erupted. i could see the bullet hole other wall and i told everybody that we are being attacked. >> reporter: moments of fear and chaos. police ordering everyone to keep their hands up a and heads down, hours later a tip led officers to syed farook's home and during a car chase they fired 76 rounds at police. officers shot back nearly 400 times killing both suspects and police recovered a assault rifles and handgunsal legally purchased and official says they discovered a remote control in the suv meant to set of three pipe bombs set at the conference center.

syed farook met malik on line and they were married in saudi arabia in the grand mosque in mecca. relative says they never saw any signs of his reported cad ral >> i have no idea, why would he do that? i have absolutely know idea. i'm? shock myself. >> reporter: officials are not commentsing on a motive and the president says this is an fbi investigation. >> it is possible that this was terrorist related. but we don't know. >> reporter: members of the moss income san bernardino said syed farook with pray three or four times a week and they say he never appeared angry and he said he stopped showing up about two months ago. tim caputo, 7 news nightteam. >> adam: the moments after the shooting were filled with chaos and carnage. we are hearing the incredible story of the first officer who arrived on the scene minutes after the shooting. ryan schulteis continues our

that officer saw. >> reporter: everyone was running away and this officer made it in time to smell the gunpowder in the air and what he saw next will forever haunt him. >> something although we train for it you are never actually rared for. >> reporter: the lieutenant was a mile away when the calm came in. shots fired. the first one on scene and ran into the building. >> clearly, obviously, deceased outside the conference room. and i relayed that information to the other responding officers. it was unspeakable. the carnage that we were seeing and the number of people injured, and unfortunately already dead. and the pure panic on the face of those individuals that were still in need, and needing to be safe. >> reporter: lieutenant madden said he will never forget what

>> people injured and in great amounts of pain. that was evident in the moans and wails we were hearing. very loud. and we also had fire sprinklers going in the room so that was adding to further chaos. >> reporter: he and others worked to get everyone else and kept going deeper into the building. >> our goal to to locate the shooters and deal with them. before we could get furth assistance in for the people in need of medical attention. >> reporter: and now all that the lieutenant can think about is the victims and their families. so many families as we go to the holiday season that will now have to deal with the tragedy, that was left behind by this as soon as less act of violence. that is a little tough to deal with. >> reporter: lieutenant madden says he's reaching out to other officers to talk about what they saw and that's helping him live with what they all went through. >> kim: authorities released the

lost their lives in the senseless event. the nightteam's brandon gunnoe joins us now to show us who they were and the people they left behind. >> reporter: relatives waited in the gym for their loved ones and the end of the night, there were more than a dozen people left in the gym and pass officer said there were no more buses left. a picture of the exact moment ryan find out his boyfriend had been killed and until that moment he could only hope that daniel kaufman was alive. >> i immediately freaked out and him. >> reporter: they were together for three years and kaufman ran the coffee shop at the center. also killeds a michael wesel, a father of six and coached youth soccer. and a health worker played santa for children.

sister and nicholas a loving husband. >> i'm sure he went down fighting. >> reporter: his wife jennifer says her husband and the gunman knew each other and they were both environmental health inspectors. >> he worked with him and he never had anything bad to say. >> reporter: he lost a hundred pounds after struggling with diabetes and recently had a possible kaunsous grout removed) he war traditional screwish it is aels. his wife believes he may have been targeted. i my hauss with very outspoken. >> reporter: many of the people are in critical condition tonight. brandon gunnoe. >> adam: another story, breaking news alert on our 7 news mobile and tablet apps and posting updates on our website and

>> kim: from the nightteam, the weather. and temperatures are set to drop overnight. >> adam: but a change is on the way for the weekend. here's chief meteorologist pete bouchard. >> pete: temperatures will moderate a beautiful stretch of weather, 41 in boston and we have 36 in worcester and lower 40s, and even though we did make it to the 50s, early, early this morning, our winds are gusting, though, over 20 miles an hour. these have dropped off a little bit since this afternoon and we have a breezy night. and eventually those winds will ease all the way back to about 5-5 teen overnight tonight. low pressure is up to nova scotia and look at the snow flying in new brunswick and as far as it really being cold in southern new england, no. it looks like we'll go back to seasonable levels for tomorrow. we watch a couple of clouds in the afternoon. another front here, this is not

front that will bleed some clouds into southern new england in the afternoon. seasonable tomorrow and it is the coolest day that we will see of the next 3. our temperatures will be climbing as we head to the weekend. in to the 50s on saturday and low 60s for some on sunday, and we'll see a sea breeze on saturday and that may keep us from 54 in boston and 50 might do and then near 60 on sunday, as the winds shift to the southwest. and even monday at 56, we level it off in the lower 50s, normal high is 46, and we won't see that any time soon. so our forecast for tonight, mostly clear skies. winds easing, a north west breeze at 8-15, and then tomorrow, our highs about 4-48, where we should be. mostly sunny sky and at worst, more clouds arriving in the afternoon we are partly sunny, that northwest wind at 10-14. receive on 7 forecast, the

warmth will come to us, and we will see a sea breeze at the coast and next week, we get into the clouds, and some sunshine. our temperatures stay in to the midi have toos and doesn't look like we'll look at any cold weather. and there is uncertainty as the cloud cover for next week a symptom offshore. 8-14-day forecast. really warm, an extended period of warm weather and a forecast that we are confident in, too. and we will be watching it all the way, normally our highs in the 40s by the end of next week. and beyond. but we won't see cold like that. again possible. see you at 11:00. >> adam: we do want to revisit the day's top stories now. we'll take it for the top for 7 news at